Hemingway

The Early life of Earnest Hemingway
Earnest Miller Hemingway was an author, father, son, brother, unfaithfully devoted husband and much more. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois on July 21, 1899. Since the time he was born, Hemingway was dressed as a girl by his mother. This however, was not uncommon as many Victorian children were dressed in gowns. His parents were Grace and Ed Hemingway. Ed was an avid outdoorsman, which is seen as the reason Earnest turned out to the the same, by influence of his father. Growung up his father would take him on fishing trips which he loved because he was able to dress like a boy and be manly with his father. In school he was not so great at sports and would exaggerate many aspects of his 'athletic career'. Hemingway really showed his talent when he wrote in the school newspaper and is considered his first start in publishing his writing. In 1917 he was rejected from the army because of his poor vision, so he volunteered for the red cross. his published writing "A farewell to Arms" is based off of his experiences in the war. When he was volunteering for the red cross, Hemingway became bored and wanted to be more involved in the war. When he finally managed to become involved, he got injured after his 6th day on the front. by this time he was 19 and this is when he met his first love Agnes, who was 27 at the time. They had a romantic relationship until he had to return to America and she broke it off with him by writing him a letter. This was only the beggining of his romantic tales and successful writings.